Chargers-Cowboys not sold out

The Chargers still are a few thousand unsold tickets shy of a sellout for Saturday's preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys at Qualcomm Stadium, having until 6 p.m. today to avoid a blackout.

Last weekend's game against the Chicago Bears was blacked out, as were both exhibitions in 2009. The two preseason games in 2008, including one with the Cowboys, were sold out and televised locally.

Still very much in doubt is the Chargers' regular-season skein of 48 consecutive sellouts of regular season games, dating back to the visit by the New Orleans Saints in 2004. The Chargers open the 2010 season at home against the hapless Jacksonville Jaguars.